Rhode Warriors

摘要

Providence, R.I.-new bedford, mass., and Media General's holdings in the market, are emblematic of the wild merger activity of the past few years among TV station groups. Media General had owned NBC affiliate WJAR. To expedite its merger with LIN, which heldWPRI Providence, it sold WJAR to Sinclair last year. So Media General remains in DMA No. 53-only with a different horse in the race. Vic Vetters, WJAR general manager, calls 2015 "a transition year...again." It switched to Sinclair's traffic system, with other functions, including graphics and master control, to migrate next. The station gets scale and technical know-how from Sinclair. "They are smart broadcasters," he says.